Date of event
23/02/2022
Details
An Instagram account belonging to an aide of Ramzan Kadyrov, ya_pomoshnik_kra_95, published under stories a video shot in an airplane, announcing that they were landing soon. This prompted rumours they were landing in Donbass or elsewhere in Ukraine. The same account and that of ChGTRK Groznyy posted a photo of Chechen security services praying in a forest.
Unit deployed
People deployed
Area
Significance
The first unconfirmed report of Chechen forces deploying. No confirmation of location. This came before Putin’s announcement of a “special military operation.”